ITU-T Kaleidoscope 2010Beyond the Internet? - Innovations for
future networks and services
Simao Campos
ITU
Pune, India, 13 – 15 December 2010
Introduction to ITU Standardization Sector
Contents
About ITU and ITU-T
Hot topics
ITU and academia
Conclusions
Extra slides
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About ITU and ITU-T
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Importance of Global Standards
Global Standards essential in a complex worldStandards make things easierEssential for international communications and global tradeDrive competitiveness, for individual businesses and world economyHelp organisations with their efficiency, effectiveness, responsiveness and innovationLower prices and increase availability by reducing technical barriers and promoting compatibilitybetween systems and networksManufacturers, network operators and consumers benefit
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Standards proven economic tool
WTO trade report 2005
British Standards Institute (BSI): standards make annual contribution GBP 2.5 billion.
German standards body (DIN): economic benefits standardization about 1% GDP.
Canada: 17 % of labour productivity increase and nine per cent of growth of GDP 1981-2004.
Standards have a significant effect on limiting the undesirable outcomes of market failure.
The work of ITU has smoothed the more economical introduction of new technologies.
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Introduction to ITUSpecialized agency of the United Nations system for telecommunications
Founded in 1865, it is oldest UN specialized agencyStandards making: one of the ITU’s first activities
Named as one of the world’s ten most enduring institutions by Booz Allen
HQ Geneva, 11 regional offices, 760 staff / 80 nationalities
Membership:Member States: 192 governmentsSector Members: +500 private sectorAssociates: +140 private sector
can participate in one Study Group only
New! New categories for Universities and for Sector Members from Developing countries
Today, +95% of the work in ITU-T is done by the private sector (Sector Members and Associates)
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Oldest UN specialized agency (founded in 1865)
Plenipotentiary Conference
ITU Council
GeneralSecretariat
TELECOM
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ITU Structure
ITU-TWorld Telecom Standardization Assembly
ITU-RWorld/Regional
Radiocomm ConferenceRadiocommAssembly
ITU-DWorld/Regional
Telecom
Development
Conference
Telecommunication Standardization Sector = makes telecom/ICT standards
(=Recommendations)
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ITU-T Recommendationsconnect the world…
Without ITU-T standards you couldn’t make a telephone call from one side of the world to another.
Without ITU-T standards the Internet wouldn’t function.
ITU-T’s strategic goals*
Develop interoperable, non-discriminatory international standards (ITU-T Recommendations)
Assist in bridging the standardization gap between developed and developing countries
Extend and facilitate international cooperation amongst international, regional and national standardization bodies
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* 2012-2015
ITU-T in a Nutshell
Work (mostly) done in Study Groups (10 of them)+ Telecommunication Standardization Advisory Group (TSAG)
ITU-T Product: Recommendations (= ―standards‖)Freely available to the public once published
Unique partnership of private sector (Sector Members) & government (Member States)
Brand name
Truly global
Contribution driven; Consensus decisions
Very flexible
Fast & transparent procedures
Average approval time: 9.5 weeks
Common Patent Policy ITU-T/ITU-R/ISO/IEC
New project: Interoperability events / ITU-T Conformity database
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ITU-T Structure
Telecommunication Standardization Telecommunication Standardization
Advisory Group
WTSA
World Telecommunication
Standardization Assembly
Study GroupStudy Group SGSG
IPR
Ad hoc
Working Party
Questions: Develop
Recommendations
SGSG
WP WP WP
Q
Q
GSIs/
JCAs
GSI = Global Standards Initiative events
Workshops,
Seminars,
Symposia…
Focus
Groups
Study Groups: the heart of ITU-T standardization work
Ten Study Groups
Work progresses on the basis of proposals received from the members
Standardization work grouped by wide themes
Within a SG, work in Questions (―projects‖ covering very narrow standardization topic)
Working parties: grouping of like-Questions
Example: SG 16 on Multimedia
Q6/16 on Visual coding
WP3/16 on Media Coding.
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ITU Secretariat Services
Dedicated Counsellor per SG:
Key role: facilitation of the standards development process
Administrative support with technical knowledge (engineer)
Management of meeting logistics
Responsible for quality of Recommendations (ITU is publishing house)
Responsible of website (part of it in 6 languages)
Organizes SG-related Workshops (technical programme
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Other tools for developing standards
Focus Groups (ITU-T Rec.A.7)Creation of ―arms-length‖ groups to complement the SG work
Non-ITU members may participate
Workshops
GSIs (Global Standards Initiative)
JCAs (Joint Coordination Initiative)E.g. IPTV-GSI, JCA-IPTV
Technology Watch
Kaleidoscope
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Exploratory
Examples from this morning session
SG 15
Autogenous work
IPTV
Born as a focus group
Passed on to SGs for standardization
Coordinated via IPTV-GSI
Focus Group on Future Networks
Pre-standards work
Born in Kaleidoscope 2008
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Technology Watch: Scouting for future technologies …
Recent papers:Using Submarine Communications Networks to Monitor the Climate (November 2010)
ICT as an Enabler for Smart Water Management (October 2010)
Decreasing Driver Distraction (August 2010)
Biometrics and Standards (December 2009)
ICTs and Food Security (July 2009)
The Future Internet (April 2009)
Complete list:http://itu.int/en/ITU-T/techwatch/Pages/reports.aspx
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Involving future engineers1st Kaleidoscope event 2008: “Innovations in NGN”, Geneva
141 contributions, 223 attendees from worldwide academia
Practical outcomes establishment of Focus Group on Future Networks
Kaleidoscope 2009: “Innovations for Digital Inclusion”, Mar del Plata
83 contributions, 120 attendees
Local University Exhibition
3rd Kaleidoscope event 2010: “Beyond the Internet?” Pune
115 contributions, 200+ attendees
Jules Verne Corner
Kaleidoscope 2011: “Fully networked human?”
Hot topics
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ITU-T puts the Super in Information Super Highway
All main means of accessing the Internet have been via ITU standards from modems and ISDN to broadband cable and DSL technologies
Most recently:
Optical access via Fiber To The Home (FTTH)
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Next Generation Networks
Massive challenge for the telecoms industry.
One of the most complex transitions ever to have occurred telecoms
ITU standards crucial
New work:
Identify visions of future networks
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Future networks
Focus Group
Proposal born in Kaleidoscope 2008
Collect and identify visions of future networks
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The network knocks at your door
Home Networking to achieve interoperability on a global scale
PC World (US) 13.12.08: ―The powerful world standards organization …[ITU]… has reached agreement on G.hn a set of specifications that would encompass phone lines, power lines, and coaxial cable to provide HDTV room to room…‖
IPTV: high quality TV using IP infrastructure Flexible, cost-effective in support of convergent services
NGN integration and legacy support
First set of standards agreed, implementations starting
ITU-T’s quantum leaps in speech, audio and video quality
Video codec H.264 in iPhone, Bluray, 3G etc
Primetime Emmy award
Working on next gen, together with MPEG (JVT-VC)
Extension of work on speech coding:
Wider bandwidths, richer user experience
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Intelligent Transport Systems
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New work:
Wideband communication in cars
Vehicle gateway protocol
ITU, ISO and IEC and Geneva Motor Show Annual Event
Safety in the cyber world
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Identity management
Security standards for:
NGN
IPTV
Home networks,
Ubiquitous sensor networks
Mobiles
Traceback
Countering spam
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ICTs and Climate ChangeMethodology to describe and estimate present and future user [energy] consumption of ICTs over their entire life-cycle
Smarter standards for greener systems
Participation in COP15
Participants in Focus Group ICT and Climate Change
UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon: "ITU is one of the very important stakeholders in the area of climate change."
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Universal charger
L.1000 – an ITU standard
Delivers 50% reduction in standby energy consumption, eliminates 51,000 tonnes of redundant chargers, and cuts GHG emissions by 13.6 million tonnes CO2 annually
Emergency Communications
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Common Alerting Protocol (CAP)
A consistent method of delivery for warning messages
Call priority schemes
Giving priority in disaster zones to emergency calls
In Case of Emergency numbers
ITU has deployed satellite terminals to help restore communications in the aftermath of disasters around the world
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ITU and IPv6
Massive deployment of Internet-related resources=depletion of IPv4 addresses
ITU actively promoting IPv6 deployment
Accessibility
Champions principles of inclusion and Universal Design enshrined in the UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Preceded UN Convention by 8+ years with the ITU-T F.703 Total Communication concept applied to multimedia systems and services
ITU includes accessibility features in all its standards
Advocacy has become the thrust of ITU accessibility
Established a group to coordinate activities on accessibility Dedicated TSB staff to lead effort on accessibility
ITU initiated the Dynamic Coalition on the Internet and Accessibility at the Internet Governance Forum (IGF)
World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA-08) adopted the first ITU Resolution recognizing the importance of the work on accessibility
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ITU-T and Academia
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Industry
Academia
Other SDOs
Regulators
New
Topics for SGs
Increased Participation
NewIdeas
••NewsNews••WorkshopsWorkshops••TechTech--watchwatch••PromotionPromotion
NewMembers
R&D
Academia & ICT standardization
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ITUITU--TTRelevanceRelevance
ITU-T and Academia
Important pool of technological innovation largely untouched in the standards development process
Consultation meeting in Jan 2007
List of actions to be pursued
Kaleidoscope conferences (Done! 2008, 2009, …)
New membership category (Done! 2010)
To follow:
Structured education about standardization
Increased presence in academic environment
Develop attractive environment for increased participation of academia (pre-standards, recognition of contribution, internships, visiting scholars)
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Membership fee:
Universities/institutes from developed countries –CHF 3’975
Universities/institutes from developing countries –CHF 1’987.50
Can participate in all ITU-T Study Groups (like Sector Members), but with some limitation on the roles it can take (like Associates)
Compare to normal Sector Membership fee: CHF 31’800
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New membership category for Academia
Conclusions
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Win-Win proposition
ITU is well positioned as an excellent standards development platform
Global, transparent, fast, affordable
Standardization activities relevant to countries, industry and societies
Major ICT industry players, 192 countries, working together
All members have a say… many opportunities to be explored
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WHY NOT JOIN US???
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http://itu.int/ITU-T
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Reduced membership fee for Sector Members from developing
countries
ITU-T Sector membership fee for Sector Members from developing countries with annual per capita income of less than USD 2,000 (according to the UNDP classification):
CHF 3’975
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Current Study Groups 1/4
SG2 - Operational aspects of service provision and telecommunications management
Service definition, numbering and routingTelecommunication for disaster relief/early warningTelecommunication management
SG3 - Tariff and accounting principles including related telecommunication economic and policy issues
SG5 - Environment and climate changeElectromagnetic compatibility and electromagnetic effectsHarmful Effects of radiationICTs and climate change Recycling and e-waste
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Current Study Groups 2/4
SG9 - Television and sound transmission and integrated broadband cable networks
integrated broadband cable and television networks
SG11 - Signalling requirements, protocols and test specifications
Signalling and protocols
Intelligent networks
Test specifications
SG12 - Performance, QoS and QoEquality of service and quality of experience
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Current Study Groups 3/4
SG13 - Future networks including mobile and NGN
Future networks and NGN
Mobility management and fixed-mobile convergence
SG15 - Optical transport networks and access network infrastructures
Access network transport
Optical technology
Optical transport networks
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Current Study Groups 4/4
SG16 - Multimedia coding, systems and applications
Multimedia coding, systems and applications
Ubiquitous applications ("e-everything", such as e-health)
Telecommunication/ICT accessibility for persons with disabilities
SG17 - SecurityTelecommunication security
Identity management (IdM)
Languages and description techniques
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Promotion: Use of social media …
ITU-T and Wikipedia. Many entries updated
Newsfeeds picked up in media all around the world
ITU YouTube channel
Social bookmarking
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Promotion: Feeding the press
Programme of global media briefings
Unprecedented levels of worldwide coverage on Universal Charging Solution. The story was the number one most read story on the BBC News site.
In the run up to COP-15 a pro-active media engagement policy led to global coverage of related ITU activities in many places
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CTO: Advisors Group
Geneva, 8 October 2009 — 19 CTOs from key ICT players called upon ITU to provide a lead in an overhaul of the global ICT standardization landscape.
Paris, France, 29 October 2010
Identify and coordinate standards priorities and ways to best meet the needs of the private sector.
Work in Focus Groups
Works on a well-defined topicWork in a scheduled time-frameEsthablish its own working methodsNon-ITU Members can participate
Output ―ITU-T Specification‖
(not Recommendations!)However, output of FG can be input to a study group to make it an ITU-T Recommendation
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Current Focus Groups
Focus Group on Car Communication (FG CarCOM)
Focus Group on Future Networks (FG FN)
Focus Group on Smart Grid (FG Smart)
Focus Group on Cloud Computing (FG Cloud)
More info: http://itu.int/ITU-T/focusgroups
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Joint Coordination Activities
Currently nine JCAs (www.itu.int/ITU-T/jca)
Management tool when subject spans more than one study group
For coordination and planning,
Technical work done by the study groups
External organizations can join a JCA
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Current Joint Coordination Activities
ICT and climate change (JCA-ICT&CC)
Telecom Management (JCA-Mgt)
Accessibility and Human factors (JCA-AHF)
Identity Management (JCA-IdM)
Network Aspects of Identification Systems (including RFID) (JCA-NID)
IPTV (JCA-IPTV)
Conformance and Interoperability Testing (JCA-CIT)
Home Networking (JCA-HN)
Next Generation Networks (JCA-NGN)
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